(05-09-2012 10:39 PM)Bridge Wrote: Apart from you taking my post completely out of context by splitting hairs over my usage of the words "psychopath" and "psychotic" interchangeably knowing full well I was referring to the same thing, this post falls apart because of one simple thing: no two people are exactly alike. There is no "sane" or "insane", but different shades of sanity. When one falls below what is considered the acceptable limit one is deemed insane. Murder or even theft are quite capable of disturbing a psychopath if his personality is not in accordance with that. Some people are just driven to it and do not condone their own actions at all. BTW, there is no such thing as evil. Psychopaths according to your definition believe what they're doing is good, so they cannot be evil.

Fair warning: If you begin your next post by completely dodging all of my arguments and targeting a minor semantic issue I will not reply because I don't want to waste my time on this if you don't want to cooperate.

How was I supposed to know what you were referring to when you said "psychotic"? It's a common misconception.

Your point is that there are some psychopaths that are driven into a state which they cannot control, and later regret their actions. I told you that they're not psychopaths. There are stressed, bitter, oppressed, thoughtless, stupid, immature, amoral people who still has a conscience, but who can still lose control. Those people have to be pressured in order to lose control. Psychopaths are people who don't feel guilt. There may be semi-psychopaths who feel just less guilt than others, and it takes less stress for them to lose control, but they will not be feeling as much regret afterwards.
I don't consider PDP to be a semi-psychopath, though. At every opportunity he gets, he shows a complete lack of concern. One exception is the maintaining of his fanbase, but ultimately this serves to satiate his need for glory, which is another psychopathic trait.
According to my definition, psychopaths don't care whether they do good or evil. They will very much argue for "killing all evil-doers" when given the chance, but they do so out of insincerity because they know that people will like them for it. For example, after they have told all their friends they hate wife-beaters (and would eagerly beat them up) they'll go home and beat their wives.